Suresh, who assumed charge on Monday, was an alumni of National Defence Academy at Khadakvasla, Defence Services Staff College at Wellington in Nilgiris and College of Naval Warfare at Mumbai and has over 30 years of rich and varied experience in the Indian Navy, an INA press release said here on Tuesday.

He has held a mix of operational and staff appointments. He was selected to commission the Navy's first stealth frigate INS Talwar as Executive Officer, in St Petersburg, Russia.